Improvement in washing-machines



N. PETERS, PMOTO-UTHOGMPHER, WASHINGTON. n. C,

about hm @anni @dus WILLIAM C. BAIN AND JOHN J. KENDALL, OF TROYS STO-RE, `NORIII CAROLINA.

Letters Patent No. 112,107, dated February 28, 1871.

'IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these tetten Patent and making part of the lame.

To all whom tt may concern Be itknown that we,W1LLmM O. BAIN and JOHN J. KENDALL, of Troys Store, in the county of Randolph and State of North Carolina, have invented. a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and .exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing forming part of this specication.

This invention relates to new and useful .improvements in machines for washing clothes, and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing* l Figure l represents a vertical section of the machine taken on the line :v :c of iig. 2.

Figure2 is a vertical section taken on the line y y of iig. 1. 4 l y l Similar .letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v

A represents the box or tub, whiclris square or rectangular in form, and elevated on legs, B, and either with or without the wheels or rollers GL D is a circular bottom.

E is a dasher, which operates upon the principle `of the lever, the fulcrum being at F.

' G Gr are heads on each side of the dasher, between which and the dasher the clothes to be washed are placed.

These heads have a pivot in each end, upon which they are hung, so that they canturn and conform to the shape and position ot the clothes and pressure of the dasher; but the movementis limited by the stationary pieces H, placed behind each head.

The heads, as well as the dasher,'are formed of end pieces, connected together by the slats I. The slats project so that their edges. come in contactrwith the clothes, and-they are placed at short distances apart, so that, in squeezing the clothes, the water or suds passes readily between them.

, The power is applied to the dasher above the fulcrum F, and the dasher is given a reciprocating or oscillating motion either by means of a crank, J, or by the handles K, or by both at the same time, when clothes are washed on each side of the dasher; or in heavy work, either side ot' the machine may be used The handles K may be attached to the ends or-levers L of the dasher, in any convenient and substantial manner.

M represents a. bracket-stand upon each side of the machine, which supports a double crank-shaft, N, the cranks of which are connected with the levers L of the dasher by two pitmen, marked O.

These pitmen are adjustable on the levers L by means of Aa series of' holes, P, in the latter, as seenin the drawing, so vthat the throw of the dasher may be varied and the leverage increased or diminished, according to circumstances.

S S are covers to apertures through which the clothes are introduced.

T, handles on one end of the machine;

C represents truck-rollers or wheels. By lifting on the handle '.I the machine may be moved from place to place with great facility.

In oscillating the dasher the bunch or clothes is turned over at each stroke, thus changing theposition ot the clothes and subjecting every portion to the squeezing process. The water or suds forced through the heads returns to the center of' the circular bottom as the process proceeds.

It will be seen that there is no rubbing or wearing of the clothes. It is simply squeezing out thedirt, and thus cleansing the clothes without subjecting them to friction and the Iwear Vand 'tear incident to that process.

Having thus described oui-invention,

We claim as new and desire to secure Patent'- The tub A, bottom D, dasher E G G, slats I, levers L, crank device J N 0, and handles K, all constructed, arranged, and combined in a washingjmachine, as

described.

WILLIAM C. BAIN. -JOHN J. KENDALL. Witnesses:

Y. P. McMAs'rnRs, JAMES EOGLEMEN.

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